# Freestyle Libre and Blucon as CGM

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-and-blucon-as-cgm/1367
**Category:** C/GM
**Tags:** freestyle-libre
**Created:** [July 3, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-and-blucon-as-cgm/1367 "2017-07-03T23:41:28Z")
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#### Post date: [August 22, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-and-blucon-as-cgm/1367/7 "2017-08-22T13:37:12Z")

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> [@kenrick](#):
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> There’s a lot of room for improvement, and it’s mostly on the software end, so improvements should come quickly

Not if the software requires FDA approval. Nothing that requires FDA approval comes quickly. That is one of the problems with the Dexcom. It takes them a year or more just to get approval to tweak an algorithm, change the screen background, or make any even minor improvement.

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